Should a guy do the right thing and marry the woman he has impregnated?

[coachTanthony]

[shades777]

The right thing is to take care of child, by investing time, care, tools, and knowledge so the child can face the world.


Marriage isn't required to do that but the love and support of a mother and father in the childs life greatly impact his view towards relationships.


I believe a child raised under viewing his mother and father in love fair off being than being raised by a single parent. A kids mind cannot comprehend whats going on and will assume a dysfunctional family is normal behavior so thats what your raising the kid to be like, dysfunctional

[OlderAndWiser]

Coach! How many times have we had that talk about using protection?

[coachTanthony]

Not enough lol

[OlderAndWiser]

Thanks for MHO! And if I got a girl pregnant, after I finished bragging about it, I would marry her!

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Shotgun marriages seldom stay married. If he wants to be a father and she wants to be a mother, that doesn’t mean they have to do so while married. They can co-parent, they can raise the kid together, let it know love from both parents, it’s not too hard to have a balance. However, if neither are ready for parenthood, it shouldn’t be something forced on them either.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

No, never marry because you feel you “have” to.
Yes to supporting/being there for the child. which can be done without getting married…
If the plan was to get married at some time anyway and the pregnancy hastens the plan, maybe… But knocking someone up shouldn’t be the only reason you decide to marry that person.

[Avicenna]

Depends on the circumstances. If it will negatively affect his career if he doesn't or some other form of social pressure, then yes. Otherwise the cost of being married outweighs any benefits.

[Summeroflove]

Marriage is a huge decision. I think men who sleep around are slimy. But I mean I don’t know…. That’s a tough one.

[Badkitty41]

I believe so. If you do the crime you do the time and you pull your shit together and make the best out of the choice you made which just so happened to create a little innocent soul who doesn't need shit to be harder then it already is in life.. not only that why would you not want to be a part of a little you that is coming into the world.. it's your creation mistake or not its yours and you can't bail out on it only cowards do that and that's where we are today with the chicken shit society we have

[art84]

My brother did when he got his girlfriend pregnant with his second daughter. The married only lasted five years and I think the only reason was he had two boys from a previous relationship and my mom insisted of them getting married. I really felt it was a forced marriage. I don't know if I would marry a girl if I got her pregnant. It feels like I am forced into marriage because of a baby being involved. Only reason you should get married if both people love each other and want to become united.

[sage2021]

I'm with everyone else here. If they get along and love each other, then he should marry her. If she keeps the baby and he doesn't want to marry her, then she will need child support to raise the baby.
They keep saying that a big part of the problem with kids now is that they don't have a Father in the house teaching the child about life and life's situations. And the mother of the baby would do her part.
But if you aren't a good guy and would abuse the mom and baby then no, don't marry her, but pay your child support.

[mynameisLyn]

Being pregnant is not a good reason for marriage. You can both be a good parent without compromising your freedom. Provide and just do co-parenting.

With marriage, things will either work out in a long run or it worsen the situation. And most of the times, it's not a good outcome.

Marriage should be decided because two people are in love and wants to spend the rest of their lives together, not because of pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

Obviously you still live in the Middle Ages or bait as usual..

It is interesting that you should say that ‘he’ ‘impregnated’ a woman. A man alone is not responsible for the impregnation - it is very much a job for two! It takes a man and a woman to have sex which resulted in an unplanned impregnation.

As long as he takes an active role in his child's life and support her during pregnancy and financially support his child, getting married just because of pregnancy is ill advised

[Purpleronnie]

Hell no ! , being in a marriage has to be about the whole deal not just the fact you’ve failed to take measures against getting pregnant or impregnating. How damaging would it be for any child to have parents like that let alone the fact they would be preventing themselves from actually being happy !

[Uenvy694u]

No u don't get married just cause u got some pregnant. Reason being u marry cause u love someone. People that get married cause of a pregnancy. Over time doesn't always work out. 2 people can still love each other. But u never use pregnancy as a way 2 force marriage. Remember marriage is big step especially if u have baby involved. Good luck if 2 of really love each other. Then u will be able 2 do the right thing.

[Thatpearl26]

I would say yes because I’ve had my fair share of seeing broken/divorced homes. As long as the man or woman isn’t abusive in anyway then for all means get married. Two parent households that work good together are better than one where you trade off the kid every weekend.

[FilmGuy93]

I guess he should, if that's actually a healthy thing to do. Some people are better off not having anything to do with each other. Of course, you could argue that people like that shouldn't be having kids together in the first place, but that wasn't the question you asked.

[LazerBean]

I think these days it doesn't really matter anymore. Either way, the end result is very likely to be a broken family.

[Fireguy17]

no.
Many times that is compounding 1 problem with another one.
Quite often those marriages do not work out.
It is best for the guy to step up and be a part of his child's life.
If they get married in the future and it works great, but say 2 people hooked up and had sex and now she is pregnant, they do not even know each other, much less should get married to each other.

[Simslover92]

No not at all. That's a recipe for disaster if he just marries the girl because she is pregnant and not for love.

[LiamJHayden]

Maybe, but get that DNA test first:

https://9gag.com/gag/aoPOo8n

[itsalyssaagain]

That’s not always the right thing to do. Depends on the situation and the relationship.

[Heolurt]

Never, Besides why is it the right thing only on the man's side? If you go with what females argue about over reproductive rights then the child is never a man's child unless the female wants to call the child as such, so men should never sign a birth certificate without full knowledge that that child is of his DNA and that the female is willing to call the child his.

[Nikki1989]

That is not enough reason to marry someone.

[Adam1978]

Well today he must check it's really his, and no he doesn't need to marry but he should support the kid if he is allowed near it. The woman get the treatment she deserves depending on her interaction. Since they might not be girlfriend material.

[Billlewis]

I know this probably sounds strange but my ultimate goal is to marry a woman who has gotten pregnant by another guy and raise the child as my own, in a cuckold type relationship. Hopefully she'll also keep me celibate as well.